India - Zero Accountability Nation

Time and again we hear loads of false statements from politicians, Bureaucrats, or any other government personal who is allocated money which is collected as tax. So now the first question which arises in mind of a normal taxpayer of India is that Why are there no laws in place for making these illetrate politicians accountable for whatever they do with a single penny spent by them which is collected as tax? Purchasing votes, instigating Communal riots, stashing part of money abroad, getting higher grant for a project and transferring extra money to tax heavens and bringing them back in their businesses through Mauritius route.. these are few of the methods used by politicians, Bureaucrats for stealing tax-payers money, the worst part is that the system/society/law knows it but the lawmakers are still hot held accountable to people of India for this theft.

India has been converted into a banana republic(which I have already posted earlier read here.) by these non Accountable rulers/politicians/bureaucrats. I strongly feel/state that India can never become corruption free and make its citizens believe in it's foundation as a nation until we make our politicians accountable for whatsoever they do with the tax-payers money, now there are 3 questions which arise in order to help in achieving it?

1. Will this be initiated by the ruling class themselves?
Ans 1. It's a complete 'No' now and probable 'may be' after 50 years from now
2. Is something on lines of Arab spring required to achieve this?
Ans 2. looks like a debatable answer now with it's pros and cons, the only immediate merit of such situation is decrease in number of current corrupt politicians.
3. Adding option of 'none of above' in voting machines?
Ans 3. This looks like fastest method for making India corrupt politicians free, If largest numbers of vote falls in 'none of above' category then the eligibility of all the candidates should be cancelled for rest of life, since answers clearly sends message to Election commission that people of constituency have lost their trust in all of them.

Funny Cricket dose - Indian Dressing Room after Pak lose

Following is fictious conversation of Indian dressing room after ODI loss to Pakistan :)  enjoy and share

रोहित: मैच के साथ साथ सीरिज़ भी हार गए आज!

धोनी: क्या बात है.. शाबाश लड़के.. बल्लेबाज़ी तेरी कितनी भी घटिया हो, Observation power कमाल की है! 

रोहित: यार आज तो मैं खेला ही नहीं, आज तो मुझे मत बोल. इन सबने घटिया बल्लेबाज़ी की, इनको बोल! 

सहवाग: मुँह संभाल के बात कर रोहित, मेरी पारी ठीक थी. गंभीर: रहने दे वीरू, हम वहीं थे. आधे रन तो तेरे Overthrow से बन रहे थे.

सहवाग: गौती, तेरी तरह बोल्ड तो नहीं हुआ, विकेट तो बच गई!

धोनी: बस करो यार… तुम मियाँ- बीवी दोनों को अगले मैच से निकाल देते हैं. तसल्ली से बाहर बैठ कर लड़ना.

सहवाग: दिल्ली मे मैच है माही, दिल्ली के लड़के तो खेलेंगे.

धोनी: हाँ, दिल्ली के लड़के तो खेलेंगे, विराट और ईशांत.. दिल्ली के अंकल लोग बाहर बैठेंगे.

सहवाग: ये लड़के?? (कोहली की तरफ इशारा करते हुए) चीकू ने क्या उखाड़ लिया था आज, वाइड बॉल पर आउट हुआ.

कोहली: क्या वीरू भाई, मेरी जगह पर तो नज़र मत डालो.. मेरी क्या ग़लती है, पता ही नहीं था कि ये अकमल भी कैच वैच लेने लग गया है.

जडेजा: किसी को कुछ पता नहीं था कैसे रन बनाने हैं, मैने फालतू मे इतनी अच्छी गेंदबाज़ी की.

युवराज: साला यही दिन देखना बाकी रह गया था कि जडेजा भी ताना मारे!

जडेजा: युवी भाई, आज मेरी तरफ से कोई कमी नहीं थी. आज तो बनता है.

युवराज: चल भाई, तेरा दिन है आज.. जैसे नासिर जमशेद का था.

रैना: यार ये नासिर का पता करवाओ, इसका क्या बिगाड़ा है हमने जो हर मैच मे लेने लग जाता है.

धोनी: क्या पता करवाना है यार, ऐसे ऐसे गेंदबाज़ हों तो कोई भी सर चढ़ कर ले सकता है.

रहाने: कोई नहीं सर, जो हुआ सो हुआ. अगले मैच मे देख लेंगे उनको.

धोनी: तू तो 2 मैच से देख ही रहा है, और कितना देखेगा. अब खेलने की तैयारी कर. चलो अब सब अपना सामान संभालो और होटल जा कर सो जाओ. अगले मैच की रणनीति दिल्ली जा कर बनायँगे. (भुवनेश्वर कुमार का उठा हुआ हाथ देख कर) हाँ कुमार, क्या हुआ?

भुवनेश्वर कुमार: सर जब से टीम मे आया हूँ, एक बात पूछना चाहता था…

धोनी: हाँ हाँ, पूछ!

कुमार: ये पुतला किसका रखा रहता है हर ड्रेसिंग रूम मे?

धोनी: अबे पुतला नहीं, कोच है हमारा. डंकन फ्लेचर!

Sitting Rapists MP's would not pass Criminal law Amendment

Heard about Congrass proposing changes in rape laws, Could not prevent laughing myself as this news looked similar as builders in Noida Extension promoting proposed metro line which would take another 5-10 years(being optimistic) for actual implementation of this proposal.

Similar is this (to be proposed) proposal made by Congress, 369 sitting MP's have criminal cases against them. So do these MP's think that mango man don't understand such vote bank tactics ie proposing soemthing which would never be implemented as implementation would put MP's benhind bars or Chemical castration (in some cases). However I would certainly like if Congress pays money to MP's or use any other settlement method(like withdrawing CBI cases against them) for passing this amendment, But this doesnot looks the case this time as the law would help mango man and not the politicians, so paying for something which would help common people of India is certainly not the thing our MP's are known to do for free!

I was surfing the net for getting a list of sitting MP's with criminal charges against them(including Rape/molestation).

Following are MP's with rape charges against them:

1.S. Semmalai : He is an MP from Salem Constituency of Tamil Nadu state as a member of AIDMK( All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ) Party.
2.Suvendu Adhikari : He is an MP from Tamluk Constituency of West Bengal state as a member of All India Trinamool Congress Party.

Maximum cases of crimes against women are against candidates from Bihar (9), followed by Maharashtra(6), and Uttar Pradesh (5). Converting a state into cantonment, fear of a public uprising, civil war is an perfect example of weak and afraid government. Always remember the biggest power of any country is POWER OF THE MOB/NORMAL CITIZENS So while concluding I can still say that nothing substantial would come out from Parliament this time also, as was the case with JanLokPal uprising!

Another Important piece of information regarding our sitting MP'S can be seen in following pages:
loksabha MP's assets details
Rajya sabha MP's assets details

Castration - Only way in preventing rapes in North India

While the south India is famous for intellectual ability, Northern part is notoriously famous for their ability of raping females openly without any fear of concrete rape laws in place. The idea of my post has gathered enough steam after the recent rape of 23 year old by 6 guys with high rape intellect ability. A common phenomenon found among males residing/working/passing in/through delhi.

The words of Winston Churchill appeared in front of my eyes again and it read: "When ever we leave India it would be run by Goons" and my god it is! The whole problem starts because of weak civil laws, No time frame for judicial cases..ever increasing society divide between girl and boy child, dwindling sex ratio numbers in north india.Political class doing nothing as still none of them have been raped. May be they might make concrete and fast laws for punishing the convicted rapists. The whole problem actually originates from the social structure where males are given more respect then the females in North India, I have lived for nearly 5 years in southern part too and I respect the social structure of south India then the North india.

The effect of British raj's effort of degrading social structure is now visible in almost 80-90 percent of population of Delhi, There is no respect shown to females what so ever!! . Situation has become such worse that only fear of law can prevent such acts from occurring. When the Rapists are doing the act there is no fear at all in their minds about the law..I repeat NO FEAR OF LAW IN THEIR MINDS WHILE RAPING/EVETEASING !!

Another reason is over protecting politicians, The ratio of a police personal/1000 people is not even one which makes prevention of such crimes impossible as majority of policemen are busy in serving/protecting politicians.

Dumping Pranab for setting Rahul baba

Thought of writing this post as it has kept on striking part of my brain for last couple of days. We all know that Pranab Mukherjee is a mass leader for congrass(*e). So best decent method for dumping such mass leader is Rashtrapati bhawan. The top 2 reasons for such step by top congress management (which included Pranab mukherjee himself too) are following: 1) Failure of Pranab mukherjee as finance minister. 2) Rahul baba wanted to play bigger role by getting rid of old dead wood.

So congrass(*e) management did similar to what we say in hindi "ek teer se do nishane", first is now bad shape of indian economy would be corrected by some capable person..like chiddu , and Rahul baba might step into home ministry role...initially the may be PM(PM role looks remote until 2014 elections though)....

Lets see in coming couple of month's which role is given to Rahul baba.

Defence deal commisions scam - full political racket

Following is proof for defence deal scams racket with all the proofs:

India - Banana republic in making?

Again posting after a long time, but the time is most important ingredient for this post, It is about Indian politico-economic scenario and is it right to call India a Banana Republic? The answer acccording to me is yes India can be called a Banana republic, ok now you must be asking why? This post would explain it. Firstly a brief about term - 'Banana Republic', A banana republic is term given by O.henry for a country that has ruling plutocracy of Business, politics and military/police and judiciary. ie private exploitation of public properties and debt incurred is public responsibility..and these Indian politicians have helped in making India fit to be called a Banana republic.

There are numerous examples where indian politicians and business houses have exploited the public resources, They obviously cant be put behind bars because in a Banana republic all three segments, politicians, businessmen, police/military works for each other rather then for people, hence this politicians and businessmen nexus is impossible to break. Now you might be thinking why this nexus is impossible to break? - The answer is rather simple police would be used to torture person who initiates anything against this nexus. The other important question which comes to our mind is how to put an end to it, In a banana republic misrepresentations about data by govt offices can never end. This business/politicians nexus is used by big companies to stifle growth of newcomers into their domain, I would explain it with example- One of the biggest Indian businesss houses imported some yarn when the excise duty on the yarn was 5 percent, he stocked his warehouses well, and then using his political connections the very next day he told delhi to raise excise duty on that yarn to 25 percent, Delhi did it happily since the power of doing resides with them. Now the other players of yarn industry imported by paying 25 percent duty, They also know about the reason for increase in duty suddenly without any need/req for such increase, but because these small players are not strong enough, they cant do anything, Now the biggest player sold the yarn in India at 125 INR/unit thus other players become bankrupt as they are not in position to price their goods at that rate. Such tactics are used by biggest Indian businesses for stiffling competition using Economic/political connections. This nexus yields to never ending corruptioncases - Take 2G scam - Do you think something concrete would come out of the judiciary? I highly doubt so...2G scam case is a never ending case just like fodder scam or numerous other scams.

Due to this nexus Indian economy has become inbalanced and such imbalanced economy devaluates currency considerably. The country is ineligible for international development-credit, and remains limited by the uneven economic development of town and country, In a banana republic government servants exploit their posts for personal gains. All the points where public money is collected directly like Toll plazas, electricity department, PWD would rarely go showing profits because part of revenue earned goes to politicians, higher officials etc. Also in Banana republic nation like India government budget deficit repaid by the native working people who “earn money”, rather than “make money”. Isn't it shocking...actually it is disturbing! - you are reading Indiaassuperpower.blogspot.in, thanks for visiting! Indian Political class is rather funny - When a govt agency puts 2G losses at 176000 crores and an ignorant cabinet minister(who basically has notion that he is most brainy indian) puts that figure to ZERO!!...hahahaha Another aspect of Banana republic which India fulfills diligently is that we have an unaccountable government, Parliamentarians are usually up for sale and function as ceremonial government. With rich becoming even richer and Poor more poorer by each passing day.

When Civil society raises their voice, the politicians try to stifle their voices (again by using Police/force) like the case of Ramlila ground in delhi. The irony is these ignorant politicians think they are masters in making policies but actual scenario is when a real brainy person speaks to them then they simply look like asses in front of him. In my personal view -'Five senior cabinet leaders looks like asses when compared to intellect level of Arwind kejriwal' for sure. The business houses are looting government which is looting Indian taxpayers money(after giving politicians their share) and grow even taller in India. Thus for concluding this never ending debate on Is India a true Banana republic? - and my answer to it is YES!

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Using 49-O during voting - Power to the voter

In this post I would discus about the changes which are must during voting, Elections days, which would certainly help in electing best candidate or electing no candidate when there is no good candidate contesting ( This second case is currently not allowed in India), Choosing No candidate and choosing not to cast your vote can be a very powerful in eradicating corrupt candidates.

If a eligible voter doesnot want to cast his vote to any one of candidate (as candidates have criminal records, pending cases) then he can use article 49-0 for recording the fact that he doesnot want to cast his vote. However currently the whole process of using 49-O is cumbersome and not secret because if a voter chooses 49-O then he has to tell the presiding officer about this and thus secrecy of ballot is not followed in this approach which might become problem for the ballot as candidates come to know about people who have not casted votes, and we all know what any criminal can do.

The exact wording of article 49-O from constitution is as written below:

49-O. Elector deciding not to vote.-If an elector, after his electoral roll number has been duly entered in the register of voters in Form-17A and has put his signature or thumb impression thereon as required under sub-rule (1) of rule 49L, decided not to record his vote, a remark to this effect shall be made against the said entry in Form 17A by the presiding officer and the signature or thumb impression of the elector shall be obtained against such remark.

Current implementation of article 49-O violates the secret ballot. because the elegible voter has to tell to presiding officer about his intent of using 49-O thus it doesnot remain a secret anymore which husrts the basic of whole election process. But this can adher to secret ballot easily if our corrupt parliamentarians pass a bill for providing "none of the above" option along with candidate names in Electronic voting machines. Members of Civil society are demanding this bill and rightly so because if bill is passed so that when number of "none of the above" option is the highest for a particular constituency then all the candidates standing in elections for this constituency would never ever be eligible to stand in elections in future.

I think this approach would help in eradicating corrupt candidates from getting into the parliament and doing nothing for their quota of whole 5 years. If you have even better ideas for must have reforms in election process in India, do leave a comment for a healthy discussion.

Note - Please spread the word so that voters in India know about such articles and would help in choosing the right candidates for entering into parliament in future.

50 worst countries to live in - failed countries list

We all know that countries with single religion or with some official religion are the ones which are worst to live in. So in this post 50 worst countries to live are rated. Most of the countries are single religion and would eventually finish off one day.

50 worst countries list:

Country Name	Worst Scale ranking
Somalia	1
Chad	2
Sudan	3
Zimbabwe	4
Congo	5
Afghanistan	6
Iraq	7
Central African Republic	8
Guinea	9
Haiti	10
Ivory Coast	11
Kenya	12
Nigeria	13
Yemen	14
Burma	15
Ethiopia	16
East Timor	17
Niger	18
North Korea	19
Uganda	20
Guinea-bissau	21
Burundi	22
Bangladesh	23
Sri lanka	24
Cameroon	25
Nepal	26
Malawi	27
Sierra Leone	28
Eritrea	29
Republic of Congo	30
Iran	31
Liberia	32
Lebanon	33
Burkina Faso	34
Uzbekistan	35
Georgia	36
Tajikistan	37
Mauritania	38
Cambidia	39
Laos	40
Rawada	41
Solomon Islands	42
Equatorial Guinea	43
Kyrgystan	44
Colombia	45
Togo	46
Syria	47
Egypt	48
Bhutan	49
Philippines	50

Indian railway Budget 2012-13 highlights

Union railway minister Dinesh trivedi presented the Indian Union Railway Budget for 2012-13 and here are major highlights of the Railway budget.

-Pasenger fare hike-The increase will be by 2 paise per km for suburban and ordinary second class; 3 paise per km for mail/express second class; 5 paise per km for sleeper class; 10 paise per km for AC Chair Car, AC 3 tier and First Class; 15 paise per km for AC 2 tier and 30 paise per km for AC I.
- Minimum fare and platform tickets to cost Rs 5.
- 50 percent concession in fare in AC-2, AC-3, Chair Car and Sleeper classes to patients suffering from 'Aplastic Anaemia' and 'Sickle Cell Anaemia'.
- Extending the facility of travel by Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains to Arjuna Awardees.
- Travel distance under 'Izzat Scheme' to increase from 100 kms to 150 kms.
- SMS on passenger mobile phone in case of e-ticket to be accepted as proof of valid reservation.
- Introduction of satellite based real time train information system (SIMRAN) to provide train running information to passengers through SMS, internet, etc.
- On board passenger displays indicating next halt station and expected arrival time to be introduced.
- Installation of 321 escalators at important stations of which 50 will be commissioned in 2012-13.
- Introduction of regional cuisine at affordable rates; launching of Book-a-meal scheme to provide multiple choice of meals through SMS or email.
- Introduction of coin/currency operated ticket vending machines.
- Upgradation of 929 stations as Adarsh Stations including 84 stations proposed in 2012-13, 490 stations have been completed so far.
- Specially designed coaches for differently-abled persons to be provided in each Mail/Express trains.
- Introduction of Rail Bandhu on-board magazines on Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Duronto trains.
- Setting up of AC Executive lounges at important stations
- 75 new Express trains to be introduced.
- 21 new passenger services, 9 DEMU services and 8 MEMU services to be introduced.
- Run of 39 trains to be extended.
- Frequency of 23 trains to be increased.
- 75 additional services to run in Mumbai suburban; 44 new suburban services to be introduced in Kolkata area, 50 new services to be introduced in Kolkata Metro; 18 additional services in Chennai area.
- 725 km new lines, 700 km doubling, 800 km gauge conversion and 1,100 km electrification targeted in 2012-13.
- Rs 6,872 cr provided for new lines, Rs 3,393 cr for doubling, Rs 1,950 cr for gauge conversation, Rs 828 cr for electrification
- Highest ever plan outlay of Rs 60,100 cr
- Rae Bareli coach factory manufactured 10 coaches in 2011-12; phase-II of the factory would be commissioned in 2012-13.
- A wagon factory to be set up at Sitapali (Ganjam District of Odisha)
- A rail coach factory with the support of Government of Kerala to be set up at Palakkad; two additional new manufacturing units for coaches to be established in the Kutch area in Gujarat and at Kolar in Karnataka with active participation of the State Governments.
- Setting up of a factory at Shyamnagar in West Bengal to manufacture next generation technology propulsion system for use in high power electric locomotives.
- Creating Missions as recommended by Pitroda Committee to implement the modernization programme.
- Setting up of Railway Tariff Regulatory Authority to be considered.
- New Board Members for Safety/Research and PPP/Marketing to be inducted.
- Rail-Road Grade Separation Corporation to be set up to eliminate level crossings.
- Indian Railway Station Development Corporation to be set up to redevelop stations through PPP mode.
- Logistics Corporation to be set up for development and management of existing railway goods sheds and multi-modal logistics parks.
- National High Speed Rail Authority to be set-up.
- Pre-feasibility studies on six high speed corridors already completed; study on Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Jodhpur to be taken up in 2012-13.
- Introduction of a ‘Green Train’ to run through the pristine forests of North Bengal.
- Setting up of 200 remote railway stations as ‘green energy stations’ powered entirely by solar energy.
- Providing solar lighting system at 1,000 manned level crossing gates.
- 2,500 coaches to be equipped with bio toilets.
- Setting up of 72 MW capacity windmill plants in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
- Installation of Integrated Security System at all 202 identified stations to be completed in 2012-13.
- Escorting of trains by RPF/GRP extended to 3,500 trains.
- Integration of RPF helpline with the All India Passenger Helpline.
- Setting up of a Railway Safety Authority as a statutory regulatory body as recommended by Kakodkar Committee
- Three 'Safety Villages' to be set up at Bengaluru, Kharagpur and Lucknow for skill development for disaster management.
- Over one lakh persons to be recruited in 2012-13 backlog of SC/ST/OBC and other categories to be wiped off.
- Introduction of a wellness programme for railway staff at their work places.
- Ensuring proper rest for skilled and technical staff including the running crew.
- Institution of 'Rail Khel Ratna' Award for 10 rail sports-persons every year.
- New coaching terminal at Naihati, the birth place of Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay commemorating him on 175th Birth Anniversary.
- Project to connect Agartala with Akhaura in Bangladesh to be taken up in 2012-13.
- Freight loading of 1,025 MT targeted; 55 MT more than 2011-12
- Passenger growth targeted at 5.4 percent.

New Trains Announced:

>Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express (6 days)
>Habibganz (Bhopal)-Indore AC Double Decker Express (Daily)
>Kota-Hanumangarh Express (Daily)
>Dwarka-Somnath Express (Daily)
>Ahemadabad-Ajmer Intercity Express (Daily)
>Jabalpur-Sigrauli Intercity Express (Daily)
>Barbul-Chakaradhapur Intercity Express (Daily)
>Kanpur-Allahabad Intercity Express (Daily)
>Chappra-Lucknow Express (Tri-Weekly)
>Ranchi-Dumka Intercity Express (Daily)
>Firozpur-Sriganganagar Express (Daily)
>Bhuvaneshwar-Bhawanipatna Express (Daily)
>Jhansi-Mumbai Express (Weekly)
>Gandhidham-Bandra (T) Express (Weekly)
>Asansol-Chennai Express (Weekly)
>Secunderabad-Shalimar AC Express (Weekly)

Electronic payments - wayout for curbing corruption

Writing a post after a long long time, but was so preoccupied this whole time. Well anyways I am back and this post is regarding -making all government payments electronically, whether the payment is to be made by the government or to the government. It should all be done electronically. Making Payments in which government offices are involved electronically or using cash cards is very important for putting an end to corruption in India, which is corrupt from the root to the highest branch(if we consider India as a tree). There are many advantages of electronic payments over cash payments such as it is much convienient, goes through a bank so no question of black money because Income tax guys have direct eye on high value transactions made electronically. The only disadvantage for the ministers and government officers is that their personal pockets are not filled ie they cant take bribe. To compliment electronic transactions, there should be a premium value(in percentage) in case one has to use cash. This system which I am talking about is not new and is already implemented in many countries, I would give a self example.
During my visit to london in 2010, I went to CarphoneWarehouse showroom for purchasing a mobile phone, It costed 40 pounds and 10 pounds mandatory topup. When I asked for how much I have to pay in cash, the lady told 60 pounds, I argued that in your website You have mentioned 50 pounds which includes topup, she replied if you are paying using a card then you have to pay 50 pounds total else in cash the deal is of 60 pounds. So such scenario will automatically encourage payments electronically rather then conventional methods of payment.
Talking of above case in Indian scenario for payments involving government, suppose government has thrown a tender for some infra project and waits for the minimum bid, Now presently we all know the whole tender process of center and state governments involve lot of bribes to the ministry involved for selection of tender, If whole payment has to be made electronically then one thing is for sure that money involved would be white as no-one can forge bills with wrong values(as it is done presently). This way of electronic payments should then be gradually adopted by non-governemnt institutes, But the most important thing for its implementation is that MP's have to pass a bill making it a law. This condition is most difficult to happen as ministers doesnot want an end to hard cash method of payment. If present corrupt Government of India adopts this method then there would be drastic decrease in black money revolving along with the white economy. Recently UID chairmen Nilekani also proposed thet all payments above 100 Rs should be made electronically. I may have missed certain scenarios in which such method might not be as effective as cash, you can always add that in comment section.
The other obstruction in this appraoch is present thinking of people which give a sort of meagre discounts on cash payments whereas ideally it should be vice-versa. Property prices all over the world are tasting dust but in india there is no decrease in property prices because whole real estate sector thrive on black money. Another advantage of electronic payment methods is that there would be tremendous increase in direct and indirect tax collection of the government as presently there is no tax collection from transactions involving black money.

Make Payments involving Government electronic to curb corruption

Writing a post after a long long time, but was so preoccupied this whole time. Well anyways I am back and this post is regarding -making all government payments electronically, whether the payment is to be made by the government or to the government. It should all be done electronically. Making Payments in which government offices are involved electronically or using cash cards is very important for putting an end to corruption in India, which is corrupt from the root to the highest branch(if we consider India as a tree). There are many advantages of electronic payments over cash payments such as it is much convienient, goes through a bank so no question of black money because Income tax guys have direct eye on high value transactions made electronically. The only disadvantage for the ministers and government officers is that their personal pockets are not filled ie they cant take bribe. To compliment electronic transactions, there should be a premium value(in percentage) in case one has to use cash. This system which I am talking about is not new and is already implemented in many countries, I would give a self example.
During my visit to london in 2010, I went to CarphoneWarehouse showroom for purchasing a mobile phone, It costed 40 pounds and 10 pounds mandatory topup. When I asked for how much I have to pay in cash, the lady told 60 pounds, I argued that in your website You have mentioned 50 pounds which includes topup, she replied if you are paying using a card then you have to pay 50 pounds total else in cash the deal is of 60 pounds. So such scenario will automatically encourage payments electronically rather then conventional methods of payment.
Talking of above case in Indian scenario for payments involving government, suppose government has thrown a tender for some infra project and waits for the minimum bid, Now presently we all know the whole tender process of center and state governments involve lot of bribes to the ministry involved for selection of tender, If whole payment has to be made electronically then one thing is for sure that money involved would be white as no-one can forge bills with wrong values(as it is done presently). This way of electronic payments should then be gradually adopted by non-governemnt institutes, But the most important thing for its implementation is that MP's have to pass a bill making it a law. This condition is most difficult to happen as ministers doesnot want an end to hard cash method of payment. If present corrupt Government of India adopts this method then there would be drastic decrease in black money revolving along with the white economy. Recently UID chairmen Nilekani also proposed thet all payments above 100 Rs should be made electronically. I may have missed certain scenarios in which such method might not be as effective as cash, you can always add that in comment section.
The other obstruction in this appraoch is present thinking of people which give a sort of meagre discounts on cash payments whereas ideally it should be vice-versa. Property prices all over the world are tasting dust but in india there is no decrease in property prices because whole real estate sector thrive on black money. Another advantage of electronic payment methods is that there would be tremendous increase in direct and indirect tax collection of the government as presently there is no tax collection from transactions involving black money.

Corruption Rankings of Countries of world

World Corruption Rankings 2011 are out and as expected it is all asian countries which take the top spots in most corrupt countries list, In Corruption perceptions index 2011 listing 178 countries in total, our country India stands at 95/178. Corruption perception index ranking from 1 to 182 is countries with least level of corruption to maximum ie If NewZealand has rank 1 then it is least corrupt country and If India has rank 182 it is most corrupt country.

So I thought it would be nice and very informative in knowing where we stand in corruption due to our politicians. The Worst thing about tarnished image of India in high level corruption is that it has lost credibility in world and we shall witness declin in rate of Foreign direct investment from now on for sure till the time we have a corruption free country like NewZealand which tops the list of least corrupt country in 2011 rankings.

Global Corruption Perception ranking 2011:

PS - Rank 1 is for least corrupt country and rank 182 is for most corrupt country.

Corruption Ranking	Country
1	New Zealand
2	Denmark
2	Finland
4	Sweden
5	Singapore
6	Norway
7	Netherlands
8	Australia
8	Switzerland
10	Canada
11	Luxembourg
12	Hong Kong
13	Iceland
14	Germany
14	Japan
16	Austria
16	Barbados
16	United Kingdom
19	Belgium
19	Ireland
21	Bahamas
22	Chile
22	Qatar
24	United States
25	France
25	Saint Lucia
25	Uruguay
28	United Arab Emirates
29	Estonia
30	Cyprus
31	Spain
32	Botswana
32	Portugal
32	Republic of China
35	Slovenia
36	Israel
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
38	Bhutan
39	Malta
39	Puerto Rico
41	Cape Verde
41	Poland
43	South Korea
44	Brunei
44	Dominica
46	Bahrain
46	Macau
46	Mauritius
49	Rwanda
50	Costa Rica
50	Lithuania
50	Oman
50	Seychelles
54	Hungary
54	Kuwait
56	Jordan
57	Czech Republic
57	Namibia
57	Saudi Arabia
60	Malaysia
61	Cuba
61	Latvia
61	Turkey
64	Georgia
64	South Africa
66	Croatia
66	Montenegro
66	Slovakia
69	Ghana
69	Italy
69	Macedonia
69	Samoa
73	Brazil
73	Tunisia
75	China
75	Romania
77	Gambia
77	Lesotho
77	Vanuatu
80	Colombia
80	El Salvador
80	Greece
80	Morocco
80	Peru
80	Thailand
86	Bulgaria
86	Jamaica
86	Panama
86	Serbia
86	Sri Lanka
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina
91	Liberia
91	Trinidad and Tobago
91	Zambia
95	Albania
95	India
95	Kiribati
95	Swaziland
95	Tonga
100	Argentina
100	Benin
100	Burkina Faso
100	Djibouti
100	Gabon
100	Indonesia
100	Madagascar
100	Malawi
100	Mexico
100	São Tomé and Príncipe
100	Suriname
100	Tanzania
112	Algeria
112	Egypt
112	Kosovo
112	Moldova
112	Senegal
112	Vietnam
118	Bolivia
118	Mali
120	Bangladesh
120	Ecuador
120	Ethiopia
120	Guatemala
120	Iran
120	Kazakhstan
120	Mongolia
120	Mozambique
120	Solomon Islands
129	Armenia
129	Dominican Republic
129	Honduras
129	Philippines
129	Syria
134	Cameroon
134	Eritrea
134	Guyana
134	Lebanon
134	Maldives
134	Nicaragua
134	Niger
134	Pakistan
134	Sierra Leone
143	Azerbaijan
143	Belarus
143	Comoros
143	Mauritania
143	Nigeria
143	Russia
143	Timor-Leste
143	Togo
143	Uganda
152	Tajikistan
152	Ukraine
154	Central African Republic
154	Republic of the Congo
154	Côte d'Ivoire
154	Guinea-Bissau
154	Kenya
154	Laos
154	Nepal
154	Papua New Guinea
154	Paraguay
154	Zimbabwe
164	Cambodia
164	Guinea
164	Kyrgyzstan
164	Yemen
168	Angola
168	Chad
168	Democratic Republic of the Congo
168	Libya
172	Burundi
172	Equatorial Guinea
172	Venezuela
175	Haiti
175	Iraq
177	Sudan
177	Turkmenistan
177	Uzbekistan
180	Afghanistan
180	Myanmar
182	North Korea
182	Somalia

Punjab Elections Candidates Congress vs SAD-BJP

Under know your candidates posts here I am posting candidates of congress vs SAD-BJP candidates for Punjab general elections 2012.

Constituency Name	Congress Candidate Name	SAD/BJP Candidate
Pathankot	Raman Bhalla	Sh. Ashwani Sharma(BJP)
Gurdaspur	Raman Behl	Gurbachan Singh Babehali(SAD)
Dina Nagar SC	Smt. Aruna Choudhary	Sh. Bishan Das Dhupad(BJP)
Qadian	Smt. Charanjeet Kaur Bajwa	Sewa Singh Sekhwan(SAD)
Batala	Ashwani Shekhri	Lakhveer Singh Lodhi Nangal(SAD)
Sri Hargobindpur SC	Balvinder Singh Laddi	Des Raj Dhugga
Fatehgarh Churian	Tript Rajinder Bajwa	Nirmal Singh Kahlon
Dera Baba Nanak	Sukhjinder Randhawa	Sucha Singh Langeh
Ajnala	Harpratap Singh Ajnala	Amarpal Singh Boni
Raja Sansi	Sukhbinder Sarkaria	Vir Singh Lopoke
Majitha	Shailender Jit Shelly	Bikramjit Singh Majithia
Jandiala SC	Shardul Singh	-
Amritsar North	Karamjit Singh Rintu	Sh. Anil Joshi(BJP)
Amritsar West SC	Raj Kumar Varka	Sh. Rakesh Gill(BJP)
Amritsar Central	O.P. Soni	Shri Tarun Chugh(BJP)
Amritsar East	Sunil Dutti	Smt. Navjot Kaur Siddhu(BJP)
Amritsar South	Jasbir Singh (Dimpa)	Inderveer Singh Bularia
Attari	SC Tarsem Singh	Guljar Singh Ranike
Tarn Taran	Dr. Dharamveer Agnihotri	Harmeet Singh
Khem Karan	Gurchet Singh Bhullar	Virsa Singh Valtoha
Patti	Harminder Singh Gill	Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon
Khadoor Sahib	Ramanjit Singh Sikki	Ranjit Singh Brahmpura
Baba Bakala SC	Ranjit Chajjalwadi	-
Bholath	Sukhpal Singh Khaira	Bibi Jagir Kaur
Kapurthala	Rana Gurjeet Singh	Sarabjit Singh Makkar
Sultanpur Lodhi	Navtej Singh Cheema	Dr. Upinder jeet Kaur
Phagwara SC	Balvir Raja Sodhi	Shri Som Prakash(BJP)
Phillaur SC	Ch. Santokh Singh	Avinash Chander
Nakodar	Amarjit Singh Samra	Gurpratap Singh
Shahkot	C.D. Kamboj	Ajit Singh Kohad
Kartarpur SC	Ch. Jagjit Singh	Sarvan Singh Phillaur
Jalandhar West	SC Smt. Suman Kaypee	Sh. Chunni Lal Bhagat(BJP)
Jalandhar Central	Rajinder Beri	Shri Manoranjan Kalia(BJP)
Jalandhar North	Avtar Henry	Sh. Krishna Dev Bhandari(BJP)
Jalandhar Cantt.	Jagbir Singh Brar	Pargat Singh
Adampur SC	Satnam Singh Kainth	Pawan Kumar Tinu
Mukerian	Ajit Kumar Narang	Sh. Arunesh Shakker(BJP)
Dasuya	Ramesh Chander Dogra	Sh. S. Amarjit Singh Shahi(BJP)
Urmar	Sangat Singh Gilzian	Arvinder Singh Rasoolpur
Sham Chaurasi SC	Ch. Ram Lubhaya	Bibi Mohinder Kaur Josh
Hoshiarpur	Sunder Sham Arora	Sh. Tikshan Sood(BJP)
Chabbewal	SC Dr. Raj Kumar	Sohan Singh Thandal
Garhshankar	Lov Kumar Goldy	Surender Singh Bhulewal
Banga SC	Tarlochan Singh	Mohan Lal
Nawan Shahr	Ms. Gur Iqbal Kaur	Satinder Kaur Kariha
Balachaur	Rajwinder Singh Lucky	Nand Lal
Anandpur Sahib	Rana Kanwar Pal Singh	Sh. Madan Mohan Mittal(BJP)
Rupnagar	Romesh Dutt Sharma	-
Chamkaur Sahib SC	Charanjit Singh Channi	Jagmeet Kaur Sandhu
Kharar	Jagmohan Singh Kang	Ujagar Singh Wadali
S.A.S. Nagar	Balbir Singh Sidhu	-
Bassi Pathana SC	Smt. Harbans Kaur Dullo	Judge (Retd) Nirmal Singh
Fatehgarh Sahib	Kuljit Singh Nagra	Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra
Amloh	Randeep Singh Nabha	Jagdeep Singh Cheema
Khanna	Gurkirat Singh Kotli	Ranjit Singh Talwandi
Samrala	Amrik Singh Dhillon	Kirpal Singh
Sahnewal	Vikram Singh Bajwa	S. Sharanjit Singh Dhillon
Ludhiana East	Gurmail Singh Pehalwan	Ranjeet Singh Dhillon
Ludhiana South	Ashok Prashar Pappi	Mayor Hakim Singh
Atam Nagar	Malkit Singh Birmi	Hira Singh Gabaria
Ludhiana Central	Surender Dawar	Sh. Satpal Gosain(BJP)
Ludhiana West	Bharat Bhushan Ashu	Sh. Rajendra Bhandari(BJP)
Ludhiana North	Rakesh Pandey	Sh. Parveen Bansal(BJP)
Gill SC	Malkiat Singh Dakha	Darshan Singh Shivalik
Payal SC	Lakhvir Singh Lakha	Charanjit Singh Atwal
Dakha	Jasbir Singh Khangura	S. Manpreet Singh Iyali
Rajkot SC	Gurcharan Singh Boparai	-
Jagraon SC	Ishar Singh Meherban	Mr. Shiv Ram Kaler
Nihal Singhwala SC	Ajit Singh Shant	Rajwinder Kaur
Bhagha Purana	Darshan Singh Brar	-
Moga	Joginder Pal Jain	S. Parmdeep Singh Gill
Dharamkot	Kaka Surjit Singh Lohgarh	Jathedar Tota Singh
Zira	Naresh Kataria	S. Hari Singh Zeera
Firozpur City	Parminder Singh Pinki	Sh. S. Shukhpal Singh Nanu
Firozpur Rural	SC Smt. Satkar Kaur	-
Guru Har Sahai	Gurmeet Singh Sodhi	S. Vardev Singh Mann
Jalalabad	Malkiat Singh	Sukhbir Singh Badal
Fazilka	Dr. Mohinder Rinwa	Sh. Surjit Jayani
Abohar	Sunil Kumar Jakhar	Smt. Vijya Laxmi Bhadho
Balluana SC	Giri Raj Rajoura	Gurtej Singh
Lambi	Mahesh Inder Singh Badal	S. Parkash Singh Badal
Gidderbaha	Amarinder Singh Raja Warring	Sant Singh Brar
Malout	Nathuram	S. Harpreet Singh
Muktsar	Smt. Karan Kaur Brar	Kanwaljeet Singh
Faridkot	Avtar Singh Brar	Sh. Deep Malhotra
Kotkapura	Ripjit Singh	S. Mantar Singh Brar
Jaitu SC	Smt. Joginder Singh Panjgrain	S. Gurdev Singh Badal
Rampura Phul	Gurpreet Singh Kangar	S. Sikander Singh Maluka
Bhucho Mandi SC	Ajab Singh Bhatti	Pritam Singh
Bathinda Urban	Harminder Singh Jassi	Sh. Sarup Chand Singla
Bathinda Rural SC	Makhan Singh	Darshan Singh KotFatta
Talwandi Sabo	Jeet Mohinder Sidhu	S. Amarjit Singh Sidhu
Maur	Mangat Rai Bansal	S. Janmeja Singh Sekhon
Sardulgarh	Ajit Inder Mofar	S. Dilraj Singh Bhunder
Budhlada SC	Satpal Singh Mulewala	Chetan Singh Samaon
Lehra	Smt. Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	Sukhwant Singh Sarao
Dirba SC	Ajaib Singh Rataul	Balbir Singh
Sunam	Aman Arora	S. Parminder Singh Dhindsa
Bhadaur SC	Mohd Sadique	S. Darbara Singh Guru
Barnala	Kewal Singh Dhillon	S. Malkiat Singh Keetu
Mehal Kalan SC	Smt. Harchand Kaur	Govind Singh
Malerkotla	Smt. Razia Sultana	S. Nissara Khaatoon
Amargarh	Surjit Singh Dhiman	Iqbal Singh
Dhuri	Arvind Khanna	Govind Singh Longewal
Sangrur	Surinder Pal Singh Sibia	Parkash Chand Garg
Nabha Sc	Sadhu Singh Dharamsot	-
Patiala Rural	Brahm Mohindra	Bibi Kuldeep Kaur Tohra
Rajpura	Hardayal Singh	Sh. Raj Khurana
Dera Bassi	Jasjit Singh Randhawa	Narender Kumar Sharma
Ghanaur	Madanlal Jalalpur	Bibi Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpur
Sanour	Lal Singh	S. Tejinderpal Singh Sandhu
Patiala	Capt. Amarinder Singh	Surjit Singh Kohli
Samana	Raninder Singh	S. Surjit Singh Rakhra
Shutrana SC	Nirmal Singh	Bibi Vaninder Kaur Loomba
Sujanpur	Vinay Mahajan	Sh. Dinesh Singh
Mansa	Gurpreet Kaur Dhaliwal	Prem Mittal
Bhoa	Balveer Ram (Fatehpuria)	Smt. Seema Devi

Cost of Indian MP's | Money spent details per head

Indian Politics is thought as the most dirty political system in whole world and rightly so. With over 70 percent criminals sitting inside house enjoying taxpayers money as allowances and above that thinking that they deserve this allowance for not doing anything....

In this post I would throw some light on amount of Taxpayers money spent on Member of Parliament, Well this is no hidden fact that they purchase votes for coming into power and have nothing to do with educated class of citizens in India as they know they would purchase poors vote and come into power..and then cover up their polling expenses from taxpayers money(which is collected from educated class of citizens), hence broadly people from where MP's earn their livelihood are the ones for which Indian MP's are least bothered. One can recall average assets of 304 MPs who contested in 2004 and then re-contested in 2009 grew 300% SHAME ON MP's.

Here is amount of money spent by people of India on MP's most of them having criminal charges framed against them.

According to latest salary figures of MP's: Indian Members of Parliament voted themselves a threefold hike in their basic salary, from Rs 16,000 to Rs 50,000 and constituency allowance to 40,000 pm add to it stationary allowance of 40000. Indian MPs will thus receive an assured income of Rs 1.3 lakh a month. For many 10th grade people this amount is simply too much....but wait the allowances doesnot end here and it is just a starter in their 3 course fat meal.

MP’s wage is tax-free and comes with additional perquisites such as free petrol, free telephone calls and free housing, some of it in the most expensive real estate in the country’s capital. Most household expenses – furniture, electricity, water, laundry - is also paid for by the State. MPs can travel anywhere in the country by rail, first class, and get 34 free air tickets for themselves or a companion a year. MPs also get a daily allowance of Rs 1,000 per day to attend Parliament ( so they do a walkout everyday...:). MP's pocket Rs 2 crore a year to spend on development of their constituencies as they see fit. Which directly goes to their pockets and hardly come out, they might make their next election expenses from this money....

India is infact a funny country in which Indian MPs have unparalled freedom to fix their own salaries and perks. In France and Japan, salaries of MPs are determined in relation to the salaries of the highest paid bureaucrats. In india Member Parliament who has a defence equipment business is allowed to be on a defence committee which formulates defence policy and a parliamentarian who has aviation interests to be on a civil aviation committee, thereby making policy changes which benefit them individually. Also MP is entitled to pension even if he has spent just one day in Parliament. MP's interest free vehicle loan limit is increased from 100000 to 400000.

This all is given to MP's and their is no appraisal process for checking their performance and making them accountable for thei ill-performance. Is it morally correct?? I dont think so...

JAI HIND!